Spaulding’s Anna Noble competes in the 300-meter hurdles Friday in the SENH Track Classic in Rochester. The sophomore won the event with a time of 46.79 seconds. (Pike/Democrat photo)

ROCHESTER — Kyle Cayer is having an MVP-type season for the Portsmouth High School boys outdoor track and field team.

Now he has the hardware to prove it after leading the Clippers to victory Friday in the Southeastern New Hampshire Track Classic at Spaulding High School.

“He was gunning for that,” said Portsmouth boys coach Mike Lyford. “He knew that was a possibility.”

Cayer turned the possibility into reality with had two firsts and two seconds in individual field events. The senior finished with a meet-high 36 points as Portsmouth out-distanced runner-up Winnacunnet with 181 points to 114 for the Warriors.

“I purposely stacked up the events to try and get the MVP,” Cayer said, “because last year I think I was second and the person who won graduated. I was going for it this year.”

Winnacunnet won the girls meet (194.5 points) with Timberlane (81) a distant second followed in order by Portsmouth (68.5), Spaulding (68), Somersworth (55), St. Thomas Aquinas (46), and Portsmouth Christian (17).

Hill also ran a leg of the 4x100 relay that finished second Friday to Portsmouth and broke the school record in the process.

“We’re just trying to beat our best times,” said Somersworth coach Steve Hodsdon. “We’re looking for PRs and we’re looking for whatever we can do to improve.”

Checovich scored 32 points to 26 for Noble and 24 for Hill, who set a meet record in the long jump with a distance of 17 feet, 4 inches.

The versatile Cayer won the boys high jump (5 feet 10 inches) and the pole vault (10-6). He finished second in the long jump to teammate Jake Becker and was runner-up to teammate Jack Chace in the triple.

“He can do a lot of things,” Lyford said of Cayer, “and he’s one of the best guys in everything that he does. He’s just a talented guy.”

“I didn’t have any crazy jumps or anything today,” Cayer said, “but I did enough to win the events I did.”

Other firsts for the Clippers came from Hunter Normandeau, who edged Somersworth’s Isaiah Gaddy in the 200-meter dash, and the 4x800 relay.

“We had a meet on Tuesday so I wasn’t sure if the guys were going to be fresh or not,” Lyford said. “They performed at a high level which was great. I think we’re coming together at the right time, not peaking but getting better by a nice margin every time out.

“Almost everything was better than I thought it was going to be,” Lyford added. “That almost never happens.”

Gaddy won the 100 in 11.81 seconds to edge Portsmouth’s Nathan McFarland as the Hilltoppers finished fifth in the boys meet with 41 points.

Kingswood’s Dylan Tarbox captured both the 110-meter hurdles and the 300 hurdles to score more than half of the Knights’ points. Kingswood took sixth in the boys meet with 35 points.

Spaulding was seventh on the boys side (33 points) with St. Thomas ninth (23) and Portsmouth Christian 10th (13).

Noble won the girls 800-meter run (2:33.51) and the 300 hurdles (46.79) by almost five seconds over runner-up Alexis Gray of Somersworth.

Hill also won the triple jump and took fourth in the long jump. Portsmouth’s Sarah Muse captured the pole vault by a foot over the closest competitor.

Somersworth’s Miranda Gagnon won the javelin with a distance of 118 feet, 2 inches in the meet’s final event that moved the Hilltoppers from sixth to fifth place.

“We’re trying to compete for a team championship,” Hodsdon said of the bigger picture. “I don’t know if we’re going to get one. We just try to go as far as we possibly can every year.”

Portsmouth Christian’s Ashley Kippley finished first in the girls 100 hurdles and teammate Abra Roberts won the javelin (81-08) by almost 10 feet over runner-up Randi Talbot of Kingswood.

The Portsmouth girls 4x100 relay also finished first.

Winnacunnet Checovich won the 200 dash en route to her MVP performance and was runner-up to Hill in both the long jump and the triple.

Checovich also finished third in the 400.

Although winning the meet was a nice bonus, it wasn’t a priority for many of the teams.

“I’d never want to mortgage the season to win one meet,” Lyford said. “I care about performances.”